Our county and its people; a descriptive work on Oneida county, New York;, Part 144

Author: Wager, Daniel Elbridge, 1823-1896
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: [Boston] : The Boston history co.
Number of Pages: 1612


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Pohl, George D., was born in West Leyden, Lewis county, N. Y., December 25, 1855, son of Adam and Francisca (Vogal) Pohl, natives of Darmstadt, Germany, who came to America in 1853, stopping at New York city, from where they came to Lewis county, and finally settled in Ava. Mrs. Pohl died in 1883, and Mr. Pohl is still living at the age of sixty-seven. He is a blacksmith by trade, having learned the trade in Germany, and the shop in which he learned his trade and worked was conducted by his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, being in the family over 200 years. George D. learned the trade of his father. In 1886 he married Jen- nie R., daughter of Henry and Mary E. (Hicks) Slone. Mr. Slone was a graduate of the Eclectic Medical College at Philadelphia, and also of the Homeopathic College at Cincinnati. He began his practice at Vienna, and spent his last years in practice at Ava, where he died in 1872. In 1884 Mrs. Slone married Penn Rockwell of Ava. Mr. and Mrs. Pohl have three children: Florence M., Arthur and Harold. Mr. Pohl, with his brother, Valentine, began general blacksmith business at Ava in 1879. In 1883 they patented a curd mill, which they have since manufactured. They have also invented and manufactured an automatic curd agitator, and manufacture gas and gasoline engines, in which business they associated with themselves in 1894, Henry Pokosney, of Vienna, Austria, late of the automatic gas engine works of Philadelphia, Pa. They also conduct a foundry in which Frank Tryon, of Syracuse, is foreman. Mr. Pohl is at present justice of the peace.


Crandall Charles E., was born at Vernon Center, in the town of Vernon, Oneida county, N. Y., December 1, 1833. He was educated in the district schools, and re- mained on the farm until he was sixteen years of age, and then learned the currier's trade, which business he followed until 1859, when he became a manufacturer of boots and shoes. He continued this business six years, then added the grocery business, and in 1872 began conducting a general store, which he still follows with success, taking his son, Willard L., into partnership April 1, 1885, under the firm name of C. E. Crandall & Son. January 29, 1881, he was appointed postmaster and served about five years, till there was a change of administration. October 5, 1853, he married Maria T., daughter of George C. Cadwell, of this town, by whom he has


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three sons: George C., Willard L. and Charles F. Mrs. Crandall died June 13, 1896. George C. married Minnie Bell, of Glens Falls, and they have one daughter, Florence. Willard L. married Marian Barrett, of Medina, Orleans county, and they have two children, Charles A. and Barrett L. Charles F. resides at home and runs the stage route, carrying the mail. Mrs. Crandall's father, George C. Cadwell, was justice of the peace twenty years. C. E. Crandall has held the position of notary continuously for over twenty years and still holds the office. Willard L. Crandall is treasurer of the School Board. The ancestry of the family is of Dutch extraction.


Bensberg, Frederick W., was born in Utica May 21, 1852, and is a son of Frederick W. and Barbara Bensberg, who came from Germany to America and settled in Utica in 1846 where they spent the remainder of their lives. Mr. Bensberg, sr., was en- gaged in the grocery and coal business here until his death in 1883. Frederick W., his son, was educated in the public and advanced schools of Utica, commenced to learn the trade of printing first in the Herald office, where he was employed from 1863 to 1881, being assistant foreman during the last twelve years. In 1881 he was one of the organizers of the Utica Daily Press and has since been its foreman. When the company was incorporated in 1883 he was made a director and a member of the executive committee, which position he still holds. Mr. Bensberg is a staunch Republican, was school commissioner of Utica for three years (1891, 1892, and 1893). He married Miss Georgia A. Perkins, of Oriskany Falls, Oneida county, and a daughter of John P. Perkins. They have had two children: Florence P. and Fred- erick Stafford (who died aged two years).


Fuller, Charles Y., was born December 25, 1850, in Schenectady, N. Y., and is a son of Charles and Sarah A. (Lewis) Fuller, Charles Fuller, son of Ebenezer, was born in Schenectady county and was a broom maker by trade, and died in 1857. He was a lineal descendant of Ebenezer Fuller, of the Mayflower. His wife sur- vives him. Her maternal grandfather, Sanborn Ford, was a Revolutionary soldier and was present at Fort Montgomery and the Seige of Yorktown and witnessed the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. Charles Y. Fuller came to Utica with his mother in 1857, and received his education in the public schools of the city. In 1878 he began learning the stone cutter's trade in Lockport, N. Y., where he remained about seven years. Later he was employed for eleven years on the State capitol at Albany. In 1887 he returned to Utica and 1888 engaged in cut stone contracting (the first to in- troduce machinery for cutting stone in Utica or Oneida county), which he still suc- cessfully continues. Among the many buildings he has erected are the Olivet church on Howard avenue, the Church of the Holy Cross on Bleecker street (1893), and St. Patrick's church on Columbia street in Utica; the Parochial school in Little Falls; the Hieber building, Walton High School, Second National Bank building, Oneida Historical building (Munson Williams memorial), schools numbers twenty and twenty-one and the Albany street school in Utica. He has also erected many other large buildings in Central New York, including numerous fine residences, blocks, etc. He is an active Republican and has been delegate to several local con- ventions. He is a member of Oriental Lodge, No. 224, F. & A. M., of Samuel Reed Lodge, K. of P., and of the Knights of Honor. April 23, 1877, he married Augusta Blumenthal, of Utica, but a native of Germany, and they have three children: George L., Albert B. and Ada C.


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Joslyn, William H., was born in Brockport, Monroe county, N. Y., November 23, 1835, and was educated in the public schools of Brockport and Colgate Institute. He has had a variety of occupations, but engaged most of the time in farming. October 18, 1856, lie married Louisa Brockway, of his native place, by whom he had four children, all of whom are dead. Mrs. Joslyn died October 16, 1874, and in November, 1875, he married for his second wife, Mary Duff, of Sweden, Monroe county, by whom he had five children: Margaret M., W. Henry, Theresa M., Susan M., and Charles E. April 26, 1861, he enlisted in Co. K, 13th N. Y. Vols., in which he was orderly sergeant, was captured at the first battle of Bull Run, and was con- fined in Libby Prison, Old Parish Prison, in New Orleans, and Saulsbury Prison, North Carolina, and was paroled December 3, 1862. October 14, 1863, he was mus- tered into the service as first lieutenant of Co. H, of the 21st N. V. Cavalry. He participated in all the battles of the Shenandoah Valley, and served as provost marshal on the brigade staff through the fatal Lynchburg raid, when 1,500 horses perished in the mountains in one day from hunger. May 12, 1865, he was pro- moted captain for brave and meritorious service. He was lionorably discharged October 5, 1865. His father, Isaac Joslyn, was born in the town of Verona, March 15, 1806, and was educated in the schools of his day. He married Maryette Peters, of Genesee county, N. Y., by whom he had five children: Willian H. (as above), Charles A., Susan M., Sarah M., and Elias P. Isaac Joslyn died December 28, 1878. His father, Ephraim Joslyn, was born at Leominster, Mass., in 1774, and settled in Verona in 1790, son of Captain Abijah, of the Revolutionary war. The family are of Norman ancestry.


Eaton, Maurice .- Samuel Eaton was born in Newport, Herkimer county, N. Y., and afterward moved to Deerfield, where he engaged in farming. He was a Repub- lican in politics, and was assessor of the town of Deerfield for several terms. He married Hannah Tanner of Schuyler, Herkimer county, by whom he had five chil- dren: Morris, a farmer on the homestead, who is a Republican in politics and is at present assessor of Deerfield; Charles, also a farmer on the homestead, who is a member of Lodge No. 455, F. & A. M., ; Albert, a carpenter of Goshen, Ind .; Sher- man, a farmer in Herkimer county ; and Emma, who married Hugh Jones, a farmer, of Deerfield, and who died in 1890. Sammuel Eaton died March 16, 1894, and his wife died in November, 1891. Elijah Eaton, father of Samuel, came from Vermont and was a pioneer of Deerfield, where he was a farmer. He married Hannalı Good- rich, of Whitestown.


Gorton, F. T., M.D., was born in Brookfield, Madison county, N. Y., October 22, 1843, son of Thomas Rodgers and Prudence (Treat) Gorton. His great grandfather, Samuel Gorton, settled in Brookfield in 1796 and was an officer in the Revolutionary war. F. T. Gorton was educated at Whitestown and Cazenovia. He attended one conrse of medical lectures at Michigan University and was graduated from the Uni- versity Medical College of the city of New York in 1871, after which he commenced practice in Waterville, and established a high reputation in medical circles. He is a member of the Oneida County Medical Society and has been coroner of the county two terms. He has also been village trustee two terms, and is a member of the Waterville Board of Education. He held the position of United States Pension examiner from January, 1872 to October, 1893, a period of nearly twenty-two years.


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Dr. Gorton married Alida C., daughter of C. A. Budlong of Cassville, N. Y., by whom he has one son and three daughters.


Maurer, Deabold, was born in Alsace, France, now Germany, of German ancestry, May 30, 1832, and was educated in the French and German schools of his native country. He was reared on a farm, his parents, Michael and Dora Maurer, being farmers there. In 1852 he came to America and settled first in New London, Oneida county, N. Y., where he remained one year on a farm. He then traveled in the Southern and Western States, engaging in such employment as his tastes and the circumstances permitted. In 1854 he started for California, but was taken ill en route and stopped at Boonville, Mo., where he remained about five years, being em- ployed by an express company there. In 1859 he joined an expedition to Pike's Peak and engaged in mining, but not meeting with success he eut a quantity of hay in one of the fertile valleys of Colorado, and sold it for $1 a pound to the mountaineers. Later he bought and shipped general merchandise from the States to the miners of Colorado, which proved quite profitable. Ile also sold goods among the mining camps of Montana, transporting them 1,600 miles across the plains with ox-teams, and frequently encountering Indians, wild animals, and other adventures common to those pioneer days. He continued this business successfully until 1866, when he made a visit to his native country with the intention of remaining permanently, but local conditions induced him to return to the United States and settle in New Lon- don, Oneida county, where he resided until the spring of 1896, when he removed to Syracuse, N. Y. In New London he carried on a general mercantile business for twenty-seven years, and during that period won the respect and confidence of the entire community. He was an active Democrat, and was a deacon of St. Peter's German Lutheran church of Churchville, near New London, and was also president of that church for several years. He was a member of the school board of New London for twenty- six years, a part of the time being its president. He is a mem- ber of New London Lodge, No. 420, F. & A. M., and was for five years its trustee. In April, 1867, he was married at West Lyden, Lewis county, to Harriet Triess, and they have five children: Otto G., of Kansas City, Kan. ; Theodore D., of Syracuse ; Oscar D., of Syracuse; Helen M., of Syracuse; and Minnie M., of Utica. Mrs. Maurer's father, George Triess, was born in Germany, December 11, 1810, came to America in 1835, and located in West Leyden, N. Y. He married Catherine Maurer, a native of Alsace, and has four children living: George, Harriet (Mrs. Deabokl Maurer), William and Samuel.


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Abbott, Peter, 377 Acts resulting in the war of 1812, 167 Adgate, Matthew, 126 Aiken, Samuel C., Rev., 329 Alder Creek, 406 Alexander, Caleb, Rev., 268 Alverson, Uriah, 279 William, 76 Ambler, David, 388 Annsville, town of, 372-379


business interests of, 375-377 churches of, 378, 379 first town officers of. 377 leading farmers of, 378 list of supervisors of, 377 pioneers of, 372-375


schools of, 376 topography and natural character- istics of, 372


Andrus, David I., 60, 514 Armstrong, Archibald, 61, 62, 137 David, 61 E. B., 410 Jonas W., 61 Nicholas, 375 William C., 61 Arnold's, General, ruse to relieve Fort Stanwix, 48, 49 Arsenal, U. S., at Rome, 176. 177 Augusta, town of, 379-393 churches of, 383, 389, 390 early physicians of, 386 first events in, 388 first officers of, 382 lawyers from, 389 leading farmers of, 388 list of supervisors of, 392 organization of, 382 pioneers of, 380-389 population of, 392 schools of, 383 topography of, 379 town officers of, 393 Center, 384


Ava, town of, 393-396 churches and schools of, 396 first officers of, 394 leading farmers of, 395 list of supervisors of, 396 pioneers of, 393-395 topography of, 393 Corners, 395 Avery, Charles, 273 Clark, 273 D. A., 364


Babcock, Asa and Oliver, 411 Hill, 412 Babbitt, John, 594 William. 492 Backus, Azel, Rev., 268 Bacon, Ezekiel, 188, 297, 354 Thomas, 440 William J., 229; sketch of, 239; 286, 324, 353, 364, 365 Bagg, Moses, 281, 290, 301 Moses, Mrs., 348 M. M., Dr., 229 Sophia, Mrs., 342 Bagg's hotel, 290 Bailey, E. Prentiss, 356 Joel C., 370 Baker, Thomas F., 357 William T., 357 Baldwin, Amos G., Rev., 214, 332 Ballou, Benjamin, 280 jr., Benjamin, 329 Jerathmel, 289 Joseph, 280 Theodore P., 289 Bank commissioner, 204 D. G. & J. G. Dorrance's, 423 First National, Rome, 529 of A. D. Mather & Co., 365 of Boonville, First National, 404 of Rome, 529 of Utica, 362 Utica City, 363


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Bank of Utica, First National, 362


of Utica, Savings, 364 of Utica, Second National, 364 of Vernon, 572 Manhattan Branch, 361 Oneida County, 3 3 Oneida County Savings, 530 Oneida National, 362 Rome Savings, 530 S. C. Thompson & Co.'s, 404


Banks and banking, beginning of, in Utica, 291


Banyar, Goldsboro, 102, 107, 117


Bar of Oneida county, list of members of the, 246, 247 Barker, Louisa M., 276, 277 Barnard, Harvey, 310 Ilarvey and sons, 304


Barnes, Benjamin and son, 76 jr., Benjamin, 77 Manning, 415 Wheeler, 190, 243


Barnum, Ezra S., 297, 310


Barrett, Stephen, 76 William, 349 Bartholomew, Sherman, Dr., 248 Bartlett, 612 Charles, 349 Montgomery R., 349


Barton, David, 475


Baschard's Location, 124


Bayard, William and Robert, 108


Beach, B. J., account of Bloomfield's trip by, 138 John Newton, 270


Beal, Moses, 92


Beardsley, Arthur M., 355 Samuel, sketch of, 235


Beckwith, Asa and four sons, 76


Beers, Franklin D., 531


Bellinger, John, Maj., 64, 279, 991, 899 Peter, 280


Bench and bar of Oneida county, 229


Benedict, A. G., 276


Bensberg, F. A. 357


Benson, Egbert, 67, 68, 70, 71


Best, I. P., 273 Bierbauer, Charles, 358


Bird's, Colonel, diary, 35


Birdseye, Rufus P., 265


Bishop, Leverett, Dr., 256


Bissell, Daniel P., Dr., 253


Black River Canal, 223


Blackmer, Ephraim, 60 sr., Joseph, 76 jr., Joseph, 60 Blackstone, Henry, 482 Blaikie, William, 365


Blair, John, 64


Blanchard, Andrew, 56


Bleecker, John R., 58, 124, 278, 351 Rutger, 102 Blodgett, Ludlim, 61


Bloodgood, Francis A., 143, 183, 282, 283, 289, 291, 346 Bloomfield, John, 372 John W., 137 Blossvale, 376


Bogue, Horace, 273


Boom, Abraham, 279


Boon, Gerrit, 105, 397, 554


Boonville Agricultural Society, 405 town of, 396-407 churches of, 406, 407


first events in, 399


first officers of, 399, 400


in the war of 1812, 400


list of supervisors of, 899, 400


newspapers of, 403


pioners of, 397-403


schools of. 404


topography and natural features of, 396 village, 401-105


business interests of, 402-405 Erwin Library at, 405 list of presidents of, 401


Bosworth, Joseph S., 273


Bounties and bounty legislation, 197, 198


Bours, Peter, 295


Boynton, Milton, 303


Brace. Samuel W., Rev., 329, 330, 346


Bradish, John, 296


Bradley, Dan, Rev., 482


Bradstreet, John, Col., 6, 13, 17, 18, 102


Brandegee, John E., 352


Brayton, Edward S., 364 George, 597 Breese, Ann, Mrs., 342


Arthur, 143, 296, 346 Samuel, 293 S. S., 188


Brendle, A., 358


Brewster, Elias, 373


Bridgewater, town of, 407-414 churches of, 413 first town officers of. 410


leading farmers of, 413


list of supervisors of, 410


pioneers of, 408-412


prominent men from, 413


schools of, 409 settlement of, first, disputed, 408 topography of, 407 village, 412 Briggs, Clark, 531


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Bristol, Moses, 272 British plans for 1777, 28 Broadhead, Charles C., 183, 284 E. H., 319 Broadwell, Ara, 287


Brodock, Bartholomew, second settler in the county, 24


Bronson, Greene C., sketch of, 234 James, 61, 446 Brothertown Tract, the, 116 Broughton, Jared, extract from reminis- cences of, 78 Brown, Enos, 287 Matthew, Dr., 248 Samuel G., Rev., 269


Bryan, John, 416


Buck, Daniel, 394,


Buckingham, Edward D., 369 Joseph H., 354


Bullens, John, 61 Burchard, Gurdon, 281


Burgoyne, Augustus, Dr., 389


Burgoyne's expedition, 28


Burke, J. M., 531 Bush, John P., 355


Bushinger, Eduard, 365 Bushnell, Josiah 567 Butler, Comfort, 297 Eli, 483 Horace, 303 John M., 270, 363, 497 Nathaniel, 329 Richard, 57 Sylvester, 77 Truman K., 333, 345


Walter N., capture of, and a body of tories and Indians, 48 Memorial Hall, 488 Butterfield, John, 92, 226, 303 Butts, Gideon, 515


Cadwell, Dan P., 226 Cahill, Thomas D., 358 Camden, town of, 414-426 canning business in, 421 churches of, 424, 425 early schools and churches of, 515


Knitting Company, 419 Library Association, 422 list of supervisors of, 425 pioneers of, 414-417 population of, 418 topography of, 414 village, banks of, 423 foundries in, 418 hotels of, 422. 423 incorporation, first officers, and list of presidents of, 418 WW


Camden village, manufacturing and busi- ness interests of, 418-424 newspapers of, 421 prominent business men of, 422 union free school, 423 water works, 424


Camp Abram, 183 John, 296 Talcott, 282, 283, 287, 329, 346 Campaign of 1756, the, 8, 12-14 of 1758 under Abercrombie, 17 of 1759, 21 Campbell, Adam P., 137, 375 John P., 632 Samuel, 629-631 Samuel R., 630, 631


Camroden, 441 Canal appraiser, 204 commissioners, 204 Capron Knitting Company, 489 Seth, Dr., 488, 628


Carberry, John E., 352


Carnahan, James, Rev., 214 Carpenter, Benjamin, 293 Edward, 293 Carraher, Patrick, Rev., 340


Carrington, Samuel, Dr., 281


Carter, Joseph, Rev., 348 Carton Furnace Company, 370 John, 370 Cary, Ira B., 363 Cassety, James, Capt., 61, 143, 380 Thos., Col., 382, 446 Cassville, 501, 502 Census, names of male heads of families given by, in 1800, 81-84 of Whitestown in 1790, 80 second U. S., 146 the first United States, in 1790, 79 U. S., of 1810, 159 Central New York Farmers' Club, 213 Homœopathic Medical Soci- ety, 257 pottery, 367 Chadwick, George W., 489 John, 500 Chadwick's Mills, 489


Chamberlain, Ephraim, 326, 365


Chapin, Israel, 89, 90 Chase, Enoch M., 357 Henry W., 360 Philander, Rev., 328


Chenango Canal, 223 Child, Jonathan, 346 Childs, David W., 290, 346 Silas D., 92, 319, 342, 369 Chipman, Annie, 277 Chittenden, Jared, 608


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Cholera epidemic of 1832, 193


Chrisman, Jacob, 59 Christian, Jacob, 279 Churchill, Alfred, 305 Alfred, Mrs., 342


Civil list, 204-208


Clark, Erastus, 143; sketch of, 235; 282, 283, 289, 329 Silas, 282 Clarke, Elijah, Dr., 516 George, 95; and family, 96-98 William, 297


Clayville, 495-498


Clinton, Gov. George, 57, 67, 75, 87, 108 James and George, 18 Grammar School, 272 Liberal Institute, 276 village, 456, 457 churches of, 459, 460


Clolier, William H., 489


Clowes, Timothy, Rev., 276


Cochrane, James and Walter 1 .. , 302


Coe, Isaac, 287, 289


Colbraith, William, 52, 61, 85, 88; advice of, to Judge Starring, 139


Cold summer of 1816, 177


Coleman's Mills, 635


Colling, Thomas, 310, 318, 346


Collins, Oliver, Gen., 61, 481


Colston, Edwin R., 355


Commercial Travelers' Mutual Accident Association, 365


Commissioner of public charities, 205


Comstock, Calvert, 530, 531,


David, 272 Edward, 528 Elon, 530, 531


Conant's Sons, F. H., 420


Congressional districts, 295


Conkling, Roscoe, 242


Constitution of 1821, 188


Constitutional conventions, delegates to, 205 Cook, Theodore P., 356


Cooper, Apollos, 182, 281, 291, 329, 346 & Co., H. H., 368


Corbin Cabinet Lock Company, 421


Corey, Thomas and Augustus, 280, 284


Cosby's Manor, 100-103


Cottage Seminary, Clinton, 277


Counties, division of the State into, 63 County buildings, 149-152 clerks, 208 clerk's office, 183 Poorhouse and Asylum, 210 seat, struggle for the, 154 treasurers, 208 Court house and jail, 146


Court house, burning of, in 1848, 156 of Appeals, 230 of Common Pleas, early, 139, 231 Supreme, 230 Supreme, of Judicature, 229 Courts, Circuit, 230 County, 232 places of holding, under law of 1793, 85 Coventry, Alexander, Dr., sketch of, 251 ; 282, 429 C. B., Dr., 209, 249, 253 Robert, 429


Cox, Joseph, 430


Coxe family, the, 108


Coye, Jason G., 344


Cozier, Ezra S., 296, 301, 310


Crafts, Willard, 319


Crawford, Clark, 432


Cross, Shubael, 506


Crouse, Clarence B. 367


Daniel, 306 & Brandegee, 368 Crowley, R. M., Mrs., 348


Culver, Abraham, 301


Cunningham, Hugh, 287 John, 59, 279 John 11., 355 William, 59, 63


Curran, Edward, 306, 365


Curry, Isaac, 559


Curtenius, Peter, 118, 119


Curtis, Philo C., 367, 368 Philo S., 367 Curtiss, Jesse, 415, 448 Medad, 143


Dakın, Martin, 285 Samuel D., 286, 353, 354


Dalliba, James, Major, 172 Daly, Thomas, Rev., 340 Damuth family, the, 62 George, 59, 279 (or Damoot), Mark, 24, 56, 426


Dana, Joseph, 346


Danforth, J. N., Rev., 313


Darling, Henry, Rev., 269


Dauby, Augustine G., 355, 362


Davis, Henry, Rev., 269


Dawley, Job, 433


Dayton, Elias, Col., 27


Dean, James, 56, 58, 114, 512, 604 John, 475 Philena, 276 Thomas, 476 William, 60 De Angelis, Pascal C. J., 558 Deansville, 477, 478


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Deerfield, town of, 426-432 churches of, 431 first officers of, 428 leading farmers of, 430 list of supervisors of, 431 pioneers of, 426-430 topography of, 426 Corners, 430 De Grow, Stephanes, 24 De Lancey, James, 99 Oliver, 102 Delta village, 467


Denio, Hiram, sketch of, 237; 318, 350, 363,365 Israel, 439, 514


Dering Nicoll H., Dr., 254


Despard, Madame, 349


Development and improvements at the beginning of the century, 166


Devendorf, H. E., 357


Devereux, John C., 285, 286, 339, 342, 364, 365 Nicholas, 209, 286, 319. 339, 343 Thomas B., 344 De Witt, Simeon, 220 Dickinson, A. M., 357


Dimbleby, Wesley, 326


Dimon, George D., 365


District attorneys, 233 Dix, Charles, and family, 574


Dixon, David R., 346


Documentary History of New York, ex- tract from, 140


Documents relating to monopoly of trans- portation at the Carrying Place, 25 Dolan, John M., 358 Doolittle, Charles H., 363 George, Gen., 59, 619, 629 Jesse W., 348 Dorchester, Eliasaph, 296, 346, 348, 355 Dorrance, Daniel G., 423, 434 J. G., 423 Douglass, Isaac H., Dr., 255


Downer & Son, Edward F., 368


Dunbar, Joel, 417 Dunham, George E., 357 Dunmore, Watson T., 365


Durham, Eber, 584 Durhamville, 584 Durkee, Robert, Benjamin and Joseph, 381


Dutton, James, 307 Dwight, Henry, Rev., 329 Sereno E., Rev., 269 Dyer, Samuel, 439


Eastburn, Robert, narrative of, 11 Eastman, F. A., 357


Easton, Rufus, 143 Eaton, Ezra, 286 Oliver P., 137 Ecker, Nicholas, 100, 101


Eddy, Obed, 346


Edmunds, Andrew, 397


Edwards, J. D., 368


Eggleston, Aaron, 281


Election in Whitestown, the first general, 77


Elections and town meetings, 75


Elmore's, Samuel, Col., regiment in the Mohawk valley, 31


Ely, E. S., 354


Empey, sr., Anthony, 433


Empeyville, 436


English activity under the administra- tion of Pitt, 17


Ensworth, Nehemiah, 482


Erie Canal, first boat on the, between Rome and Utica, 180 genesis of the, 215, 220


opening ceremonies of beginning work on the, 179 opening of, between Utica and Rome, 185-188


Erwin, Cornelius B., 405


Eton, Ebeneze:, 354


Events of the war of 1812, 171-173


Everett, Robert, Rev., 550


Everts, Charles C., 349


Execution of incendiaries in Rome, 182 Expedition against Niagara under Pri- deaux and Johnson, 21 of Belletre in 1757, 15 of Bradstreet via Wood Creek, 6


of Bradstreet in 1758, 17, 18


of Colonels Willett and Van Schaack against the Onondagas, 51


of De Lery in 1756, 8 of General Shirley to Oswego, 6, 7 of Sullivan against the Senecas, 51 Explorations and settlements, early, 2


Faas, Joseph, 358 Farman family, the, 386 Farnham, Samuel, 274 Farnon, Rev. Mr., 339 Farwell, Joseph, 64 Major, 409 Fauconnier, Peter, 95, 98 Faxton Hospital, the, 344 T. S., 92, 209, 301, 343, 344, 353, 364, 369 Fellows, Roswell, 517 William, 282 Financial crisis of 1837-38, 193 Fish Creek Landing, 594




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